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BIG BROTHER WATCH:Bush Seeks Changes in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The Bush administration is seeking to update a law governing U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance.But members of the Democratic majority in Congress are signaling they may be reluctant to approve the proposed changes because they have concerns about a controversial administration wiretapping program. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.The Bush administration is asking Congress to approve changes to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.The proposed modifications would give the government more power to gather foreign intelligence information.Supporters say the changes would bring the law up to date with changes in new technology, including e-mail and wireless communications.Michael McConnell, director of National Intelligence, urged lawmakers to amend the law at a recent Senate Intelligence Committee hearing."It will help our intelligence professionals, if passed, protect the nation by preventing terrorist acts inside the United States," he said.But many congressional Democrats appear reluctant to expand the government's surveillance powers.They have questions about the legality of a wiretapping program established after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and say the administration has yet to adequately respond to their concerns.The program had been set up to allow the National Security Agency to monitor, without court warrants, phone calls and e-mails between suspected terrorists overseas and people in the United States.President Bush defended the program as a necessary tool in the fight against terrorism, but many in Congress argued it violated the FISA law, which requires warrants.
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